New Feature

US Clients Can Add Direct Deposit to Their IBKR Account

Direct Deposit

IBKR recently added Direct Deposit as a feature of Integrated Investment Management. Direct Deposit lets you automatically deposit paychecks, pension and social security payments or third party payments to your IBKR account. Use Direct Deposit to put your cash to work by earning market rate interest on your idle cash balances1 or investing the cash in stocks, options, futures, forex and fixed income on over 120 global exchanges at lower cost. Setting up Direct Deposit is quick and easy – just provide IBKR's routing instructions and your account number to your employer or paying institution.

US clients can set up Direct Deposit by logging in to Account Management / Client Portal and selecting the Transfer & Pay > Direct Deposit menu.

Integrated Investment Management from IBKR

Use Integrated Investment Management from Interactive Brokers to earn, borrow, spend and invest globally from one account. Earn market rate interest on your idle balances and extra income by lending your fully paid shares. Borrow against your account whenever needed at low, market-determined rates. Use our debit card to make ATM withdrawals or purchases worldwide, without late fees or non-US transaction charges. Invest globally in stocks, options, futures, forex and fixed income.

All from a single account.


Client Portal

Innovative Tools

Trade and Manage Your Account with Client Portal

Client Portal, IBKR's upgraded version of our Account Management platform, offers clients an improved and simplified experience by providing single-login access to every resource you'll need to monitor, manage and trade your IBKR account. In addition to a streamlined homepage that summarizes key account metrics, portfolio performance and other important account information, Client Portal provides intuitive navigation for a truly efficient, one-stop experience for trading and managing your account.

  • Click the Trade button from any screen to place and manage orders.
  • Easily view recent trades, messages and FYIs.
  • Use the Application Menu to quickly access funding, reporting or position transfers.
  • "Ask IBot" for instant account support with just a click.
  • Select any position to see comprehensive product information and advanced charting for the asset on the Instrument Details page.
  • Stay on top of news with our live news stream.

Log in to Client Portal from the Log In menu on the IBKR home page and get quick access to all of the above plus PortfolioAnalyst, the IBKR Forum, your Events Calendar, IBKR Asset Management and more.

 

IBKR Mobile

New TOOLS

New Tools and Products Added to IBKR Mobile

IBKR Mobile lets you easily trade and manage your IBKR account "on-the-go" from your iOS or Android tablet or smartphone. We've recently introduced several key new features to IBKR Mobile, including:

  • Performance Profile: This desktop tool is now supported in IBKR Mobile and is accessible from the Spread Template and Order Ticket. Performance Profile comprises several sections and helps demonstrate key performance characteristics of an option or complex option strategy.
  • Order Presets: Presets allow you to define order values you use most often to speed up order entry. You can now create presets in IBKR Mobile. In addition, presets set up in TWS for desktop are saved to the Cloud for use from your mobile platform.
  • Fixed Income and Mutual Funds: You can now trade corporate and municipal fixed income and mutual funds on-the-go in IBKR Mobile.

Download IBKR Mobile to access over 120 markets from the palm of your hand, wherever you are.

Options Trading

New Tools

Enhanced Support for Options Trading

IBKR continues to enhance our support for options and multi-leg complex options strategies.

Desktop TWS

You can now roll puts and calls in a complex strategy in a single order by using the right-click menu after selecting the complex position in your portfolio. In addition, you can now select and close individual option positions as a complex combination strategy in TWS by selecting individual legs and using the right-click menu to select "Close as Combo."

Client Portal

You can view option chains and submit options orders through the Client Portal. Log in to Client Portal from the Log In menu of the IBKR web site using your account credentials.

 

New Feature

Hong Kong Clients can Participate in Selected Hong Kong Market IPOs

Qualifying clients can now participate in selected Hong Kong market IPOs from the convenience of their Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited (IBHK) account. IBHK margin account clients also enjoy the ability to leverage their existing cash and equity positions to increase their IPO subscription application buying power on selected IPOs.

During the IPO application period IBHK clients can use our account management platforms to provide electronic instructions for IBHK, as agent, to submit an application on their behalf through the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC) Central Clearing and Settlement System (CCASS) or via other mechanisms at IBHK's discretion.

What Do I Need to Apply for HK Public Offer IPO Shares?

If you would like to subscribe for a Hong Kong IPO through IBHK you need an IBHK trading account. If you do not have an IBHK account, please ensure adequate lead time for opening, approving and funding an account by applying for an IBHK account well in advance of the IPO you would like to participate in. Visit our webpage to learn more about the HK Public Offer IPO process.

Traders' Academy

EXPANDED OFFERINGS

New Courses Available at Traders' Academy

Traders' Academy helps professionals, investors, educators and students better understand the products, markets, currencies, tools and functionality available at Interactive Brokers. Courses use a syllabus to define instructional goals. Learning objectives are clearly stated and content is delivered across multiple lessons. Quizzes and tests are used to benchmark student progress against learning objectives.

Each course uses online lessons, videos, and notes to help reinforce subject matter and let students learn at their own pace. Students can ask questions of IBKR subject matter experts, provide written feedback on each course and rate their learning experience. New courses include:

IBKR Mobile for the iPhone© and iPad©

Learn to customize your watch lists, add chart indicators, view portfolio and account information and trade stocks, options, futures and forex worldwide. Access Tip Ranks for company fundamentals and analyst reports and review our latest enhancements such as IBot, Order Entry Wheel, the Spread Template tool and configuration enhancements.

PortfolioAnalyst

Learn how to use PortfolioAnalyst to measure portfolio investments against routine or complex benchmarks. Create reports that explain portfolio performance relative to selected benchmark sectors. PortfolioAnalyst also allows users to integrate non-IBKR financial data and incorporate data into a single view.

US Trader Tax 101

Learn about the complex tax rules that significantly impact investors, traders, and investment managers in a course written by Robert A. Green, CPA and author of the best-selling annual Green's Trader Tax Guide.

Advanced Trading Tools

Learn about standalone modules within TWS such as FXTrader, TWS BasketTrader and the Integrated Stock Window (ISW).

NEW FEATURES

New IBKR Market Commentary

IBKR continues to expand the resources available to help its clients understand markets, trading and technology.



New Feature: Traders' Insight Video Commentary Now Available in Trader Workstation

Traders' Insight, our market commentary blog, features written and video market commentary from nearly 100 industry professionals. The blog recently celebrated its fifth anniversary and 20,000 post, and its video commentary is now available for viewing directly within Trader Workstation (TWS).

IBKR Traders' Insight video commentary is available via the News monitor panel in TWS. Options commentary is posted from Cboe and futures commentary is delivered by CME Group. Blue Line Futures contributes market commentary on macro events while Real Vision Television and Morningstar provide trader and portfolio manager interviews. In addition, IBKR's Chief Options Strategist Steve Sosnick offers market commentary and Senior Analyst Steve Levine provides Asian and US weekly previews.

Watching Traders' Insight videos in TWS is as simple as clicking the "expand" button in the News monitor panel and selecting Traders' Insight Video.

New Contributors to the IBKR Quant Blog

The IBKR Quant Blog serves quantitative professionals who have an interest in programming. Discussion topics include deep learning, artificial intelligence (AI), Block chain and other transformative technologies influencing modern markets. Commentary is now available from more than 30 contributors covering markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Discussions about R, Python and other popular programming languages often include sample code to help you develop your own analysis.

Intraday, Snapshot Data Available for Analysis

IBKR Market Pulse provides intraday, snapshot data and market trends on Options, ETFs, Forex, Futures, Arbitrage, Highest Dividend Yields, Corporate Fixed Income and EFP Interest. Data includes Gainers / Losers, Volatilities, Volumes, Bid/Ask Price, Bid/Ask Yield and other market driven metrics.


Learn more about these resources and how to connect with IBKR via Facebook, Twitter and other social media channels by visiting us online.

New Products

Portfolios Added to IBKR Asset Management

IBKR Asset Management combines the low costs and convenience of online investing with human support. Our clients are offered a broad selection of actively and passively managed portfolios, including recently added portfolios based on model portfolio data licensed from WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. ("WisdomTree"). These portfolios are managed in-house by IBKR Asset Management (based on initial composition, reconstitution and periodic rebalancing data licensed from WisdomTree) and implement an index-centric approach, seeking to add value through both asset allocation and ETF selection relative to composite cap-weighted benchmarks. The portfolios offer aggressive and moderately aggressive risk profiles:

  • Aggressive: This strategy provides exposure to a diversified allocation of stocks and fixed income using ETFs.
  • Moderately Aggressive with Alternative Investments: This strategy is designed for investors who seek to incorporate alternative investments into a traditional portfolio using ETFs.

Interactive Brokers LLC brokerage clients who are US residents can partition their existing brokerage accounts to become advisory clients of IBKR Asset Management and invest in these and other portfolios suitable for their risk level. IBKR Asset Management charges just 0.1% in management fees for investments in these portfolios, and has set the minimum investment amount at just $5,000. Advisors on the Interactive Brokers LLC platform may also invest their clients' assets in any IBKR Asset Management portfolios, including the ones based on data licensed from WisdomTree.

New Products

New Investment Products

New Mutual Funds

We recently added 164 mutual funds to the Interactive Brokers lineup and now offer 10,659 funds, including 7,204 no load funds and 4,156 funds with no transaction fees. In addition, we added 12 new US fund families and one non-US fund family.

US Fund Families
  • AAAMCO Funds
  • Advisory Research Funds
  • AKRE Focus Fund
  • BMO Funds
  • Chiron Funds
  • Frank Funds Trust
  • Harvest Edge Funds
  • IQ Striker Funds
  • Oak Ridge Funds
  • Powell Funds
  • Redwood Funds
  • Sterling Capital Funds
Non-US Fund Families
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) Offshore Funds
New Products

In addition, tiered pricing is now available for Australian Index Options.

Explore all of the products available on the IBKR Platform.

Expanded Research Offering

Access to the following research providers is now free:

The following research providers were recently added to the IBKR platform:

View our current listing of research providers.

Margin borrowing is only for sophisticated investors with high risk tolerance. You may lose more than your initial investment.

Supporting documentation for any claims and statistical information will be provided upon request.

Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. For more information read the "Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options". For a copy, call 312 542-6901

Any trading symbols displayed are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to portray recommendations.

[1] USD credit interest is paid on balances over USD 10,000 in security accounts with Net Asset Value exceeding USD 100,000. For more information, see ibkr.com/interest

Past performance is no guarantee of future results, and all investments, including those in these portfolios, involve the risk of loss, including loss of principal and a reduction in earnings. Commissions for trades in these portfolios charged by IBKR Asset Management's affiliate, Interactive Brokers LLC, are separate and in addition to IBKR Asset Management's management fee. There may be similar offerings in the marketplace with lower investment costs. Please keep in mind that IBKR Asset Management is currently licensed to offer investment services to US residents only. This communication or IBKR Asset Management's website is NOT intended to be a solicitation or advertisement in any jurisdiction other than the United States. While based on data licensed from WisdomTree, these portfolios are not managed by WisdomTree. In providing the model portfolio data, WisdomTree does not act as an investment adviser or fiduciary or provide individualized investment advice to IBKR Asset Management or its clients. IBKR Asset Management clients are required to review and acknowledge a risk disclosure document before being able to invest in these portfolios. For a set of full disclosures regarding investments in these portfolios and IBKR Asset Management¹s other portfolios and business, please review the Forms & Agreements page on the firm¹s website: http://site.ibkram.com/agreements IBKR Asset Management does not provide tax advice, does not make representations regarding the particular tax consequences of any portfolio investments, and cannot assist clients with tax filings. Clients investing in IBKR Asset Management portfolios should consult with their tax professional about the tax consequences of investing in this portfolio or any other IBKR Asset Management portfolio.

Interactive Brokers Asset Management does not provide tax advice, does not make representations regarding the particular tax consequences of any portfolio investments, and cannot assist clients with tax filings. Clients investing in Interactive Brokers Asset Management portfolios should consult with their tax professional about the tax consequences of investing in this portfolio or any other Interactive Brokers Asset Management portfolio.